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This posting contains two reports from th e12th Annual Grassroots Radio Festival held in Lowell last week, along with the text of a resolution for impeachment that my friend Representative Betty Hall has introduced into the NH legislature.

_____________________ Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Photos from GRCXIICurrent mood: calmCategory: Art and Photography

Here's a link to a gazillion photographs taken at the Grassroots Radio Festival, courtesy of Dan

WHEREAS, Section 603 of the Manual of the Rules of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives provides for impeachments to be initiated on a motion basedon charges transmitted from a state legislature, and

WHEREAS the right to vote, being the right that protects all other rights,and the right which ratified the Constitutions of our state and country, isa right that is collectively inalienable, in that elections may not begenerally suspended or terminated; and,

WHEREAS under Paragraph 2 of the Declaration of Independence, ourgovernment is "instituted to secure these rights", including the right ofelections, which are necessary to Liberty; and,

WHEREAS the Executive branch is responsible for enforcing the law andguaranteeing these rights; and,

WHEREAS, instead of ensuring that the people of New Hampshire haveguaranteed to them mechanisms for reliably altering or abolishing theirrepresentatives, pursuant to Paragraph 2, President George W. Bush andVice-President Richard Cheney have engaged in a pattern and practice ofthreatening litigation against states and people who refuse to institutemechanisms of voting that require votes to be counted in trade secrecy andoutside the observation and control of citizens; and,

WHEREAS, the invisibility and secret vote counting means that citizens nolonger control their elections, and that members of the Executive branch andthe Election Assistance Commission do control elections, together with anycriminal who may seek to alter the trade secret software; and

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney havecommitted high crimes and misdemeanors, as they have repeatedly andintentionally violated the United States Constitution and other laws of theUnited States, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act andthe Torture Convention, which, under Article VI of the Constitution is atreaty as part of the "supreme law of the land," and,

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney haveacted to strip Americans of their constitutional rights by orderingindefinite detention of citizens, without access to legal counsel, withoutcharge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer tochallenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation bythe President of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant", all in subversionof law; and,

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Cheney have orderedand authorized the Attorney General to override judicial orders for therelease of detainees under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(formerly INS) jurisdiction, even though the judicial officer, after fullhearing, has determined that a detainee is held wrongfully by theGovernment; and,

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney haveordered at least thirty times the National Security Agency to intercept andotherwise record international telephone and other signals andcommunications by American citizens without warrants from the ForeignIntelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in1978, and designated certain U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants," all inviolation of constitutional guarantees of due process; and,

WHEREAS President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney haveadmitted that they willfully and repeatedly violated the ForeignIntelligence Surveillance Act and boasted that they would continue to do so,each violation constituting a felony; and,

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney haveviolated the United Nations Charter and other treaties prohibitingaggressive war, by invading Iraq without just cause or provocation, and havemisled the US Congress by deliberate or negligent falsehoods to obtain theAuthorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq resolution (Public Law102-1); and,

Whereas, President George W. Bush has now admitted that his 20-Year "Waron Terror" includes a permanent U.S. presence in Iraq and the Middle East,consisting of a lavish embassy and dozens of military bases; and,

Whereas, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheneycontinue to authorize the use of depleted-uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq andAfghanistan, the use of which spreads radioactive contamination tonon-targets, including innocent civilians, animals, food and water sources,and the use of which has been declared illegal by the United NationsSubcommittee on Human Rights; and,

Whereas, President George W. Bush has subverted the laws of our nation, inwhole or in part, through the use of "signing statements" on more than 1200occasions, unprecedented in U.S. history,

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEWHAMPSHIRE GENERAL COURT submits that the actions and admissions of PresidentGeorge W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney constitute ample groundsfor their impeachment, and that the House of Representatives of the NewHampshire General Court has good cause for submitting charges to the U.S.House of Representatives under Section 603, as grounds for the impeachmentof President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney.

The House of Representatives of the New Hampshire General Court furthersubmits that Articles of Impeachment should charge that President George W.Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney have violated their constitutionaloaths to execute faithfully the office of President and Vice-President tothe best of their ability to preserve, protect and defend the Constitutionof the United States.

In all of this, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheneyhave acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President andVice-President, subversive of constitutional government, to the greatprejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of thepeople of the State of New Hampshire and of the United States. WHEREFORE, President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney, bysuch conduct, warrant impeachment and trial, removal from office, anddisqualification to hold and enjoy any offices of honor, trust or profitunder the United States.

Be it resolved further by the legislature of the State of New Hampshire,that our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, andthey are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of theUnited States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities ofPresident George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney, to the end thatthey may be impeached and removed from such office.

Be it resolved further, that the Secretary of State of the State of NewHampshire be, and is hereby, instructed to certify to each Senator andRepresentative in the Congress of the United States, and the Speaker of theHouse of Representatives, under the great seal of the State of NewHampshire, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the legislature ofthe State of New Hampshire. The copies shall be marked with the word"Petition" at the top of the document and contain the original authorizingsignature of the Secretary of State.